For nine years after the attacks of Sept. 11, many American Muslims made concerted efforts to build relationships with non-Muslims, to make it clear they abhor terrorism, to educate people about Islam and to participate in interfaith service projects. They took satisfaction in the observations by many scholars that Muslims in America were more successful and assimilated than Muslims in Europe.

Now, many of those same Muslims say that all of those years of work are being rapidly undone by the fierce opposition to a Muslim cultural center near ground zero that has unleashed a torrent of anti-Muslim sentiments and a spate of vandalism. The knifing of a Muslim cab driver in New York City has also alarmed many American Muslims.

For nine years after the attacks of Sept. 11, many American Muslims made concerted efforts to build relationships with non-Muslims, to make it clear they abhor terrorism, to educate people about Islam and to participate in interfaith service projects.

Many? Utter horses**t. Even the most moderate can barely force themselves to condemn an obvious terrorist group like Hamas.

Why do I ever read this sociological liberal guilt-trip crap by the Times? Every one of these articles focuses on a segment of the population and determines both that its problems stem from innocent victimhood and also that they're all my fault.

I have no problem with muslims. I have a problem with anyone who wants to secede from the country to run their own governments and blow things up when angered and hide behind religion to do it. If Christians, Jews, Amish, Hindus, or Zoroastrians did that, I’d have a problem with them too.

There is a very simple reason that there is growing animosity towards mulsims in this country, and it's directly cause by their complaints that we're insensitive to their feelings, while at the same time, sticking a red-hot poker in our collective eye. Why is it that they can't be sensitive to America's feelings?

Mark

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posted on 09/05/2010 8:33:28 PM PDT
by MarkL
(Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)

Most-if not all—Muslim leaders only started to talk about ‘terrorism’ when their respective countries were attacked by Al Qaeda, couple years after 9/11. Before that, they were quiet, and seemed to agree with the attackers.

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posted on 09/05/2010 8:33:41 PM PDT
by paudio
(The Democrats have been majority in Congress since 2006, not 2008!)

Was I asleep when American Muslims were vociferously protesting their fellow muslim’s actions on 9/11??? Because I can only seem to remember being CONSTANTLY hectored about how I need to be more TOLERANT of Muslims. Guys, seriously, forget it. The normal American will never accept you , even the leftists. Your culture is garbage, your tolerance is nonexistant and fankly you’re a bunch of thin skinned crybaby assholes.

They won’t belong because they don’t belong. Their ideology is hateful. We don’t want to stone people, decapitate them, amputate extremities, etc. They need to return to their beloved whatever it is that they love.

Was I asleep when American Muslims were vociferously protesting their fellow muslim’s actions on 9/11??? Because I can only seem to remember being CONSTANTLY hectored about how I need to be more TOLERANT of Muslims. Guys, seriously, forget it. The normal American will never accept you , even the leftists. Your culture is garbage, your tolerance is nonexistant and fankly you’re a bunch of thin skinned crybaby assholes.

When they quit sympathizing with their mad brethren who want to take over America (which is approximately when pigs will fly) is when America will be ready to bid them a warm welcome instead of a hot goodbye.

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posted on 09/05/2010 8:47:20 PM PDT
by HiTech RedNeck
(I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))

The knifing of a Muslim cab driver in New York City has also alarmed many American Muslims.

Gee, NYT, I'm so shocked that once again you 'forgot' to mention that the cabbie's attacker was a white American who was working for a pro-Muslim film company. Do you suppose that the reason why the "American Muslims" are so alarmed is because he got to see true Islam up close and it made him go nuts because the reality of Islam is the exact opposite of what the Left would like everyone to believe?

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posted on 09/05/2010 8:48:51 PM PDT
by Stoat
(If you want a vision of the future, imagine a Birkenstock stamping on a human face... forever)

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